Sharon is a somewhat small city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 12,952 people and five associated neighborhoods, Sharon is the 75th largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some cities, Sharon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sharon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sharon is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sharon who work in food service (10.02%), sales jobs (9.45%), and office and administrative support (8.75%). Also of interest is that Sharon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One of the benefits of Sharon is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.69 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The percentage of adults in Sharon who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.57% of the adults in Sharon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Sharon in 2022 was $25,268, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,072 for a family of four. However, Sharon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sharon is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sharon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sharon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sharon include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Sharon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
